Browsing by Author "Siyao, P.O."

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    Academic libraries in four Sub-Saharan Africa countries and their role in propagating open science
    (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), 2017) Siyao, P.O.; Whong, M.F.; Martin-Yeboah, E.; Namamonde,A
    The study aims at examining libraries in four Sub-Saharan Africa countries and their role in propagating open science. It also seeks to explore existing open science practices, ascertain the level of participation of academic libraries in open science activities, identify the strategies used in marketing open science platforms and enumerate the challenges hindering the success of open science in the selected countries. The study was guided by the qualitative school of thought where the researcher builds a complex, holistic picture, analyses words, and reports detailed views of informants, and conducts the study in a natural setting. The study employed the multiple case study research design approach to assess how academic libraries in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda promote open science. The findings show that there are few scholarly journals which exist in open access for most African academies in Ghana, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda. Though not massively adopted, open access institutional repositories have been used to preserve and publicize the digital contents in some academic institutions in Africa such as theses, dissertations, administrative and heritage materials, conference proceedings as well as pre-prints and post-print of journal articles. The study recommends the intensification of open science advocacy in academic libraries in Sub- Saharan Africa; institutions should ensure that there is a stable electricity supply as well as reliable internet connectivity, introducing regular training on emerging media technologies to the community members and strengthening the libraries consortium in Sub-Saharan Africa as an enabling platform to share intellectual productivity of their member countries
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    Factors Influencing Access to and Uptake of Climate Change Adaptation Information Among Smallholder Tomato Growers in Iringa and Morogoro Regions—Tanzania
    (MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC., 2023) Siyao, P.O.; Sanga, E.E.
    This study assesses factors that influence access to and uptake of climate change adaptation information for awareness creation among smallholder tomato growers in selected rural parts of Tanzania. The study considers the demographic characteristics of smallholder tomato growers, finding that they are major factors in determining the acquisition and uptake of climate change information. The most needed information for climate change adaptation includes droughtand disease-tolerant tomato seeds and the application of pesticides and various types of fertilizers. Smallholder tomato growers prefer to acquire information on climate change adaptation from relatives, friends, neighbors, and sources like the radio and mobile phones.
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    Prominence of occurrence accorded to climate change information in Tanzanian newspapers
    (SAGE- Alexandria: The Journal of National and International Library and Information Issues, 2020) Siyao, P.O.; Sife, A.S.
    Study was conducted to analyse degree of prominence that Tanzanian newspapers accorded to climate change information.Weargue that the level of prominence accorded to climate change information by Tanzanian newspapers is inadequate. Prioritising the coverage of climate change information in newspapers is important for facilitating its access, promotion and dissemination for awareness creation. Triangulation of quantitative content analysis and in-depth interview method approaches and a sample size of 1600 newspaper editions drawn from six Tanzanian newspapers for a span of 10 years were used. Newspaper editions were quantitatively content analysed and the frequencies at which climate change information articles were placed at the various parts of the newspapers were analysed. Findings indicate that a total of 81,162 articles were published. Of this total, only 684 (0.84%) articles covered climate change information. Furthermore, findings indicate that, of the total 684 climate change information articles, only 53 (7.6%) were placed in the front pages of the six Tanzanian newspapers for all 10 years, giving a yearly average of 5.3 articles for all newspapers and only 1 article for each newspaper per year, whereas the majority (631, 92.25%) of articles in climate change were randomly placed in the inside pages. The Chi-square test (w2¼10.000; df¼1; p value < 0.002) shows that significant differences exist between the locations of number of articles in front pages and inside pages. The findings suggest that climate change information in Tanzanian